1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone
{{short description|Regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup}}
{{main|1999 Fed Cup}}
The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup.
Group I
- Venue: Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina (outdoor clay)
- Date: 13–18 April
The ten teams were randomly divided into two pools of five teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished last in the pools would be relegated to Group II for 2000.
=Pools=
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{{5TeamRR
| title=Pool A
| team-1-abbrev=ARG
| team-1={{nowrap|{{fed|ARG}} (4–0)}}
| team-2-abbrev=COL
| team-2={{nowrap|{{fed|COL}} (3–1)}}
| team-3-abbrev=PAR
| team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|PAR}} (2–2)}}
| team-4-abbrev=MEX
| team-4={{fed|MEX}} (1–3)
| team-5-abbrev=ECU
| team-5={{fed|ECU}} (0–4)
| 1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0 |1v5=3–0
|2v1=0–3 | 2v3=3–0 |2v4=3–0 |2v5=3–0
|3v1=0–3 |3v2=0–3 | 3v4=2–1 |3v5=2–1
|4v1=0–3 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=1–2 | 4v5=2–1
|5v1=0–3 |5v2=0–3 |5v3=1–2 |5v4=1–2
}}
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{{5TeamRR
| title=Pool B
| team-1-abbrev=VEN
| team-1={{fed|VEN|1930}} (4–0)
| team-2-abbrev=CAN
| team-2={{fed|CAN}} (3–1)
| team-3-abbrev=BRA
| team-3={{fed|BRA}} (2–2)
| team-4-abbrev=CHI
| team-4={{fed|CHI}} (1–3)
| team-5-abbrev=PUR
| team-5={{nowrap|{{fed|PUR}} (0–4)}}
| 1v2=2–1 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=2–1 |1v5=3–0
|2v1=1–2 | 2v3=2–1 |2v4=3–0 |2v5=3–0
|3v1=0–3 |3v2=1–2 | 3v4=2–1 |3v5=3–0
|4v1=1–2 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=1–2 | 4v5=3–0
|5v1=0–3 |5v2=0–3 |5v3=0–3 |5v4=0–3
}}
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=Play-off=
{{FedCupbox3
|team1=Argentina
|team2=Venezuela |team2-var=1930
|venue=Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina
|date=18 April 1999
|surface=Clay (outdoors)
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Mariana Díaz Oliva |6 |6 | |T2P1=Milagros Sequera |0 |3 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Paola Suárez |7 |3 |6 |T2P1=María Vento |5 |6 |2 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Inés Gorrochategui |T1P2=Patricia Tarabini |7 |6 | |T2P1=Milagros Sequera |T2P2=María Vento |6.045 |1 | }}
|}}
- {{fed|ARG}} advanced to World Group II Play-offs.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20005833|title=Australia v Argentina|publisher=fedcup.com}}
- {{fed|ECU}} and {{fed|PUR}} relegated to Group II in 2000.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004651|title=Ecuador v Bahamas|publisher=fedcup.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003806|title=Puerto v Rico v Bermuda|publisher=fedcup.com}}
Group II
- Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica (outdoor hard)
- Date: 23–27 February
The sixteen teams were randomly divided into four pools of four teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage with the two winners advancing to Group I for 2000.
=Pools=
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{{4TeamRR
| title=Pool A
| team-1-abbrev=URU
| team-1={{fed|URU}} (3–0)
| team-2-abbrev=DOM
| team-2={{nowrap|{{fed|DOM}} (1–2)}}
| team-3-abbrev=CRC
| team-3={{fed|CRC}} (1–2)
| team-4-abbrev=GUA
| team-4={{fed|GUA}} (1–2)
| 1v2=2–1 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0
|2v1=1–2 | 2v3=1–2 |2v4=2–1
|3v1=0–3 |3v2=2–1 | 3v4=1–2
|4v1=0–3 |4v2=1–2 |4v3=2–1
}}
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{{4TeamRR
| title=Pool B
| team-1-abbrev=CUB
| team-1={{fed|CUB}} (3–0)
| team-2-abbrev=BAH
| team-2={{fed|BAH}} (2–1)
| team-3-abbrev=ESA
| team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|ESA}} (1–2)}}
| team-4-abbrev=HAI
| team-4={{fed|HAI}} (0–3)
| 1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0
|2v1=0–3 | 2v3=3–0 |2v4=2–1
|3v1=0–3 |3v2=0–3 | 3v4=3–0
|4v1=0–3 |4v2=1–2 |4v3=0–3
}}
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{{4TeamRR
| title=Pool C
| team-1-abbrev=BOL
| team-1={{fed|BOL}} (3–0)
| team-2-abbrev=BAR
| team-2={{fed|BAR}} (2–1)
| team-3-abbrev=TRI
| team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|TRI}} (1–2)}}
| team-4-abbrev=PAN
| team-4={{fed|PAN}} (0–3)
| 1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0
|2v1=0–3 | 2v3=2–1 |2v4=2–1
|3v1=0–3 |3v2=1–2 | 3v4=2–1
|4v1=0–3 |4v2=1–2 |4v3=1–2
}}
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{{4TeamRR
| title=Pool D
| team-1-abbrev=PER
| team-1={{fed|PER}} (3–0)
| team-2-abbrev=JAM
| team-2={{fed|JAM}} (2–1)
| team-3-abbrev=BER
| team-3={{fed|BER}} (1–2)
| team-4-abbrev=ATG
| team-4={{nowrap|{{fed|ATG}} (0–3)}}
| 1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0
|2v1=0–3 | 2v3=3–0 |2v4=3–0
|3v1=0–3 |3v2=0–3 | 3v4=2–1
|4v1=0–3 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=1–2
}}
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=Knockout stage=
{{main|1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Knockout Stage}}
{{8TeamBracket-info
| maxround = 2
| RD1-date=26 February
| RD2-date=27 February
| RD1=Semifinals
| RD2=Finals
| RD1T1-loc=
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{fed|URU}} | RD1-score1=3
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{fed|BAH}} | RD1-score2=0
| RD1T2-loc=
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{fed|JAM}} | RD1-score3=0
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{fed|BOL}} | RD1-score4=3
| RD1T3-loc=
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{fed|CUB}} | RD1-score5=3
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{fed|BAR}} | RD1-score6=0
| RD1T4-loc=
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7={{nowrap|{{fed|DOM}}}} | RD1-score7=0
| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{fed|PER}} | RD1-score8=3
| RD2T1-loc=
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{nowrap|{{fed|URU}}}} | RD2-score1=2
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{fed|BOL}} | RD2-score2=1
| RD2T2-loc=
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{fed|CUB}} | RD2-score3=2
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{fed|PER}} | RD2-score4=1
}}
- {{fed|URU}} and {{fed|CUB}} advanced to Group I for 2000.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004911|title=Uruguay v Venezuela|publisher=fedcup.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004887|title=Paraguay v Cuba|publisher=fedcup.com}}
See also
References
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- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ARG Fed Cup Profile, Argentina]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=COL Fed Cup Profile, Colombia]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=PAR Fed Cup Profile, Paraguay]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=MEX Fed Cup Profile, Mexico]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=VEN Fed Cup Profile, Venezuela]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CAN Fed Cup Profile, Canada]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BRA Fed Cup Profile, Brazil]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CHI Fed Cup Profile, Chile]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=URU Fed Cup Profile, Uruguay]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=DOM Fed Cup Profile, Dominican Republic]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CRC Fed Cup Profile, Costa Rica]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=CUB Fed Cup Profile, Cuba]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BAH Fed Cup Profile, Bahamas]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ESA Fed Cup Profile, El Salvador]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BOL Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BAR Fed Cup Profile, Barbados]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=PAN Fed Cup Profile, Panama]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=PER Fed Cup Profile, Peru]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=JAM Fed Cup Profile, Jamaica]
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BER Fed Cup Profile, Bermuda]
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External links
- [http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx Fed Cup website]
{{Fed Cup Americas Zone}}
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